Any KDE GUI-based equivalent of the Unix "write" command?

[Alessandro Bottoni]

I'm looking for a tool that can be used like the venerable Unix "write" 
command in the KDE environment. In other words, I need a way to send a 
(text) message to another user of the same (Linux/BSD) machine and 
pop-up a QT/KDE message box in his/her KDE Desktop.

This need is the consequence of the use of tools like timeoutd, pyttymon 
and autolog. As you probably know, these toosl are used to limit the 
time a user can stay connected to a Unix (and X11) session. 
Unfortunately, the warning messages sent by these tools are addressed to 
the user's TTY console and are not visibile in the KDE (or Gnome) desktop.

I know of KNotify but I wonder if there is another, maybe simpler way to 
perform such a task.

I understand I could use Kopete o Pidgin to send/receive such messages 
but I would like to use a system that does not require any kind of user 
registration (put aside the existing Unix account).

Any suggestion?
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Alessandro Bottoni
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